Machine for wax-treating parts of boots and shoes.



0. PHASE. MACHINE FOR WAX TREATING PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES PEASE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED-XPEDITE FIN- ISHING COMPANY, OF BERWIGK, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MACHINE FOR WAX-TREATING- PARTS OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Pnasn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lynn, county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Wax- Treating Parts of Boots and Shoes, of which the following, read in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 ofliig. 1.

The invention as represented comprises a shaft 2 which may be rotated by any suitable means. On said shaft is mounted a work-member for acting on the surface to be treated. This work-member, as herein shown, comprises a hub 4, held in place by collars 6. Said hub carries the bristle members 8, which project from the peripheral face of the hub and over the bristle members is a flexible covering 10, of cloth or other suitable material, which is held in place by strings 12, or other suitable means; all of which is common and well known in the art. Instead of a work-member composed of a hub and bristles, a work-member made of rubber, felt, or any suitable fibrous or textile material may be employed.

In combination with work-member of the character stated I employ means for artificially heating and melting wax on the face thereof. To this end I arrange the medium 14 in touch or close proximity with the working face of the work-member, as shown in Fig. 1. The medium 14 is preferably movably supported so that its position with relation to the work-member can be adjusted. The medium 14 is composed of metal or some suitable heat-absorbing and condensing material, and preferably it is made tubular or hollowed out to give the chamber 16. In said chamber is a gas burner 18, which, being connected with any suitable gas supply, is employed for burning gas and thereby heating the medium 14. The rotatable work-member will then be heated from the medium 14 and wax may be warmed and melted on the face thereof. The lever 20 is used for holding the wax stick and may be tilted for supplying the wax as needed. The medium 14 is preferably concaved in cross-sectional contour as shown at 22. so that it partially embraces the working face of the work-member, and it is elongated and extended sidewise to cover a sutlicient por- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1902.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 120,844.

tion of the work-member for giving thereto'the required degree of heat and for spreading wax over its working face.

The heating medium, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided on its rear face with a split clamp comprising the member 1'7 and the binding bolt 13 by means of which it is adjustably secured to the supporting bar 15.

In operation the work member is rotated rapidly and is heated from the medium 14. The wax being then applied to the face of the work-member will become warmed, melted and distributed thereon and will be applied to the face of the work, which, for that purpose, is held against the work-memher as desired. It will be understood that the wax commonly used in finishing heels is of solid form at normal temperature and after having been melted returns to the solid condition very quickly when cooled. It has been found in practice that the best results are obtained when the Wax is applied to the work by means of a heated wax applying wheel or member which maintains the wax in melted condition. It has also been found that a wax applying wheel or roller having a covering of textile material is particularly well adapted for this purpose. A textile covering is combustible and consequently much difiiculty has been experienced in designing a machine having a wax applying wheel of this character in combination with means for producing a heating effect of uniform character, neither too great to destroy the covering, nor too little to maintain the wax in the proper condition of fluidity. The provision of such a machine is the principal object of this invention.

Having fully described the nature of my invention and the best form of it now known to me, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A machine for the purposes stated comprising a yielding surfaced work-member consisting of a hub, a series of bristles or filamentous members extending from the periphery of the hub and a hood or covering of textile material over the ends of said members, in combination with a heated me dium movably supported in position for frictionally engaging said work-member, means for heating said medium, and means for supplying said work-member with Wax.

2. A machine for the purposes stated comprising a heated medium, a work-member having a working face of textile material in position to be surface heated by said medium, a holder for melted wax, and means under the control of the workman for moving the wax holder to press the meltable wax against the work-member.

3. A machine of the class described, comprising a wax applying wheel provided with a working face of combustible fabric, a heating and distributing device adjustably mounted in touch with the periphery of said wheel, and a wax holder carried by said device and adjustable bodily therewith.

4. A machine for finishing heels, comprising a flexible, nonanetallic work-rubbing member, means for heating said workrubbing member, a holder for meltable wax, and manually controlled means for moving the wax holder toward and from position for the wax to be melted and taken up by the heated work-member, said manually controlled means being constructed and arranged to maintain the wax holder in the positions to which it may be adjusted.

5. A machine for the purposes stated commember 1A, a rod 15 disposed parallel to the axis of said wheels for supporting said heating device in touch with said textile covering and a bracket formed rigidly with said heating device and shaped to engage said rod 15.

6. A machine of the class described comprising a wax applying wheel having a working face of combustible textile material, a heating and wax distributing device having a metallic face adapted for engaging the periphery of said wheel, said heating device being adjustable with respect to said wax applying wheel, and a wax holder also adjustable with respect to said wax applying wheel.

Signed by me at Lynn, Massachusetts this 19 day of August, 1902.

CHARLES PEASE.

Witnesses:

C. B. TUTTLE, A. M. TUTTLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

